Chāteau Mouton-Rothschild - Pauillac 2005 (750ml)

Price: $1100.00

Producer	Chāteau Mouton-Rothschild
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Pauillac
Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	2005
Sku	3841B
Size	750ml

Wine Spectator: 98 Points

Gorgeous with singed alder and juniper notes starting to strut their stuff while the immense core of steeped red currant blackberry and plum fruit continues to wait in reserve. A light sanguine thread weaves in on the back end which is driven by a serious bolt of iron. Shows terrific grip length and cut. A brick-house Pauillac built for the long haul.?Non-blind Mouton-Rothschild vertical (March 2017). Best from 2020 through 2050. - JM

Wine Advocate: 98 Points

Technical Director/Chief Winemaker Philippe Dhalluin said this was a special year for him, because he considers it his first great vintage—he started in 2004. Deep garnet with hint of brick, the 2005 Mouton Rothschild is evolving into unabashed, flamboyant notes of Christmas cake, plum preserves, chocolate-covered cherries, eucalyptus and crème de cassis with beautifully fragrant wafts of potpourri, incense, Indian spices and cigar box. Full-bodied, the palate performs vinous pirouettes with dazzling exotic spice, floral and earthy nuances, framed by firm, grainy tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing very long and mineral laced.

Vinous Media: 95 Points

Full ruby-red. Explosive, superripe aromas of black raspberry, currant, graphite and tobacco leaf. Outsized, opulent and generous; this big boy saturates the entire mout

Stephen Tanzer: 95 Points

"Full ruby-red. Explosive, superripe aromas of black raspberry, currant, graphite and tobacco leaf. Outsized, opulent and generous; this big boy saturates the entire mouth. There's an almost exotic character to the plum and cedar flavors. Spreads out impressively on the back end, coating the palate with ripe tannins. The 2006 is at once finer and more powerful, with more noble tannins, but this is more opulent."

Wine Enthusiast: 95 Points

If 2005 was a rich year, Mouton reaches the heights of richness. Almost too rich, too New World, but you have to be impressed by the aromatic intensity of the black fruits, the dense, firm tannins, and the superripe black juice and licorice flavors. The wood is still too overpowering and needs time to settle in.

Vinous: 95 Points

($1; 100-$1400) Full ruby-red. Explosive superripe aromas of black raspberry currant graphite and tobacco leaf. Outsized opulent and generous; this big boy saturates the entire mouth. There's an almost exotic character to the plum and cedar flavors. Spreads out impressively on the back end coating the palate with ripe tannins. The 2006 is at once finer and more powerful with more noble tannins but this is more opulent.